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Be it known that I, OLIVER OROOK, of Dayton, in the county ofh/ontgomery, in the State oi' Ohio, have invented a new and improvedBridle-Bit; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a bridle-bit withorifices within the front part of the rings, through which straps passconnecting the lines to the headstall. i

To enable others skilled in theart to make and use my invention, Iwillproceed to describe its construction and operation.

The figure represents a perspective view ofthe bridle-bit and the strapused within its orifices.

A represents a bridle-bit having a stiff bit-mouth, with rings B B,which have orifices C C, through which the strap D is used. lThis 'strapis buckled to the headstall, and to the opposite end is attached thering E. This ring serves the double purpose, that of sustaining the bitWithin the horses mouth, and as a connection for the driving-lines. Thisbit is made by casting it with a semicircular bit-mouth; it is then mademalleable, and then the bit-mouth is straightened, suitable cores beingused to produce the orifices. When the driver pulls upon thelines,thelnes being continuous with the headstall, the bit is drawn up intothe mouth, thereby serving as an eihcient check to an unruly horse. Inother respects it is used in the usual manner.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The bridle-bit A, having a sti bit-mouth, with rings B B rigidlyattached at either end, and the anterior portieri of these rings havingorifices through the centre for a strap connecting the driving-reins to'the headstall, substantially as and for the purpose described.' OLIVERCROOK.

Witnesses:

S. K. RoHN, WM. MITCHELL.

